9+ hour, 38+ min ago   (443+ words) Spearmint is a medicinal and aromatic crop vulnerable to several diseases, and its cultivation relies heavily on chemical inputs, which can alter phytonutrient quality and raise environmental and health concerns. To address this, the current study focused on developing a…...

11+ hour, 11+ min ago   (421+ words) Proton-exchange membrane fuel cell degradation is one of the factors that limit the deployment of this technology in the automotive market. Accelerated Stress Tests (ASTs) are the standard tool for assessing durability during design and development phases, thanks to their…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (567+ words) Individual cattle identification underpins traceability, genetic management and disease surveillance in precision livestock farming. Ear tags and RFID remain the dominant practice but are subject to loss, tampering and welfare concerns, which motivates contactless biometric alternatives. Most deep learning systems…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (512+ words) REBA, RULA, and OWAS are widely used observational ergonomic risk assessment methods based on predefined ordinal scoring rules. The final risk scores generated by these methods play a critical role in determining and prioritizing ergonomic interventions under limited resources to…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (478+ words) Digital risk communication increasingly relies on interactive technologies to transform complex, uncertain, and probabilistic information into forms that can support human understanding and decision-making. Yet the literature is fragmented across application domains, technologies, and interaction paradigms. This scoping review maps…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (417+ words) Infrared thermal cameras are widely used for non-contact temperature measurement, but their indications are affected by measurement distance, temporal response, display resolution and scene stability. This paper presents an experimental evaluation of an infrared thermal camera using a blackbody reference…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (688+ words) Digital twins (DTs) based on agent-based artificial intelligence (Agentic AI) provide a transformative framework for streamlining nondestructive testing (NDT) of 3D-printed rehabilitation equipment. This study applies a conceptual research methodology based on the integration and analysis of recent advances in…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (421+ words) The genus Mammaliicoccus was recently reassigned from the family Staphylococcaceae. Mammaliicoccus spp. were first detected on German dairy farms, and exhibited a wide range of antimicrobial resistance genes. They are non-aureus agents frequently found in milk. Postbiotic substances (PSs) have…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (524+ words) A piezoelectric cantilever with a longitudinal slit splits one bending resonance into two closely spaced peaks. This is attractive for two-frequency sources. However, existing models fit, rather than predict, the resonances. We develop a predictive branched-beam model where the harvester…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (519+ words) Background: The aim of this prospective longitudinal study was to evaluate three-dimensional facial soft tissue changes following treatment with the Sander Bite Jumping Appliance (BJA) in growing patients with skeletal class II malocclusion. Methods: Seventeen consecutive growing patients (14 males and…...